TERRITORIAL CONFLICT in China to provoke Japan island dispute

The Japanese government has a dispute with China to an uninhabited island group in the East China Sea tightened significantly. Despite repeated warnings from the Chinese leadership announced the government in Tokyo, she had reached a settlement with the private owners on a purchase of the islands. They wanted to take over in Japan under the name Senkaku and in China known as Diaoyi islands as soon as possible and check for a peaceful and stable manner. The government wants to buy three of the four islands. The goal is to preserve the islands in its current state. The Japanese government said that it was a normal process. The islands subject on Japanese territory and would now be bought from the State to a private owner. Four of the five islands are currently in a Japanese private ownership, the fifth part of the capital, Tokyo. But that will be denied by the Chinese government vehemently. They protested against the purchase intention and summoned the Japanese ambassador. Premier Wen Jiabao was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying that his country would never give up one inch of ground.The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that it was a serious violation of Chinese sovereignty , the feelings of 1.3 billion Chinese people have hurt.

The dispute over the uninhabited island group is based on their location: It is located about 200 kilometers from Taiwan and 2,000 kilometers from Tokyo amid rich fishing waters. In addition, there are extensive gas reserves believed.

Domestic political controversy in Japan

Subordinate to the Chinese leadership, the Japanese government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda mainly nationalistic goals. However, Noda is domestically well even under pressure, when you purchase it wants to prevent the city government of Tokyo acquires under its nationalist governor Shintaro Ishihara, the islands. This would build on the islands with the aim of a future military base fortifications. Noda is against a building or surveying the islands and had recently prohibited a walk and officials from Tokyo to China not to provoke further.The prime minister had also after talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the edge of the APEC summit in Vladivostok said he would consider the argument of "comprehensive viewpoints" from. The conflict over the islands has lasted for years. Only in August, Japan had arrested a group of Chinese activists who stayed on one of the islands.

Economic impact

The dispute also has economic consequences: According to the Chinese automotive industry association, sales of Japanese cars in China fell significantly in August as a result of the dispute. Even the carmaker Nissan had given "some influence" of the dispute on the sales figures in the important Chinese market. In China, there had also been given some violent protests, as activists, one of the Japanese islands occupied had. Japan, China and Taiwan claim the Senkaku Islands. Tokyo refers to the year 1885, in which Japan took control of the islands. Beijing holds against the Diaoyi Islands have already heard during the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) to China and were marked on maps and in a book.